Walmart just do the year one 50 bucks ... Or like 20 for a day

Both of my local fish stores have them as well as tacklewarehouse.com. Just search for owner centering pin

This was at the west ramp

They usually only show up this close to shore first thing in the morning

@@TomGoesFishin ok. Thanks!

Yes. Castaic Lake is about 45 minutes north of Los Angeles

Yes, you can. But you will go through a lot of baits if you are nose hooking it. If you want to skip the centering pin then I'd recommend t-rigging it instead

Thanks buddy. Yes we do

I believe the stradic are 5.0:1. And the line is 6lb invizx

I say skip the swimbaits and start getting out early (I know that's tough at your advanced age...lol) and throw some topwater

@@TomGoesFishin Got it Tom - wake up an old man and have him throw topwater. When did you get so ornery ? I'll give it a go though. Thanks.

There was a very successful glass minnow spawn just before they drew the lake down for the dam maintenance. There was always a very big striper spawn that year. Those baby stripers grew up quick with all those glass minnows to feed on. Most of that age group are between 1-2 lbs now and there are a lot of them. That being said, with the lake full again there should be a very successful shad spawn this year. Those young shad tend to stay in the backs of coves where the striper do not spend as much time. This should allow the bass to remain healthy even with the onslaught of young stripers

@@TomGoesFishin I really have to get out there it’s been over a year for me man lol I could barely even recognize where you guys were at first! 😂 I hope the largies can come back to health, but I’m worried haha they still seem super skinny and it seems like the striper of that size are even in the backs of coves too! 🤦🏻‍♂️ Idk guess we will see over the next few years. Maybe the full lake will back em off and give the largies a chance to eat. 🙏🏽

Yes. The lake is full again. I'm still notused to it

It really was! I remember telling my girlfriend that I would be happy if I caught at least five fish. She couldn't believe it when I told her how many we caught. Thank goodness that other boat beat us to the first spot we wanted...lol

@@TomGoesFishin ha I was thinking the same thing the other day!🤣. Glad we saw the topwater popping off also.

What's going on Landon? Is the family letting you get out to the lake at all?

@@TomGoesFishin lots of personal things occupying my time right now, but makes me so incredibly happy to see you two our slamming a healthy and full Castaic Lake. It has been suffering for what felt like a while. I wish they'd open the west ramp back up for shore fishing.

I was using a 4" swim bait without any weight

@@TomGoesFishin ur the man! Thank you for sharing ur techniques

You can catch lots of fish from the bank...sometimes. Where is the best spot? At the moment the lake is very full so there is not a lot of spots available to fish outside of the dam. I haven't fished the dam in quite some time but it can be very good at times.